Planet of the Stars

Chapter 44: Keka

  I had a feeling that today would be the day that I went back to the Spector. I woke up and changed into an outfit that Sarah had left out for me. When I saw what it was I gasped it was something I would usually wear. Sarah wrote a note that told me this was mine to keep, she didn't usually wear stuff like this. I put it on and laughed.

  It was a sunset orange color, and it was split into two parts. The top was made out of fabric then the later on top of it was covered in small stones, and the top only covered my breasts. It was incredibly light also. The bottom was simply a skirt with shorts under it, because the skirt itself was quite short, and it was made out of feathers. I turned around to see Felicity waiting behind me.

  "Will you do something for me?" I ask.

  She nods. I take my hair out of the braid and then let it fall over my shoulders. During the time searching for my people's home planet, I hadn't cut it and it had gotten really long, and needed help. Felicity started cutting my hair. When she was done I nodded my approval to her. She had cut it just below shoulder length like I asked her to. I braided in certain orange feathers on certain strands of hair, and then Felicity placed an exotic flower in my hair on the left side of my head.

  "You ready to go?" I ask.

"Yeah," She says.

  We head out and I tell Sarah and Mother good bye, I would have stayed longer, but I had to trek back to where my ship was. Sarah and I hugged, and mother asked something of me,

"You could be a powerful asset, if you wish to join us,"

"I appreciate the offer, but I cannot, I have my own mission to do, and then so much crap on top of that," I say.

Mother nods and bows her head to me, then I headed out of the Sister's of Selene village. Felicity followed me and we made our way back to the ship. Before we reached it though I felt Felicity stop me. I crouched down in the undergrowth.

  "What?" I whisper.

"There's someone by your ship," Felicity says.

  I summon one of my swords to my hand.

  "Then lets go say hello," I say.

  I lead the way towards where the ship had landed. I heard someone around the ship trying to get into it.

  "Can I help you?" I snarl.

  Felicity stood behind me and I knew she was ready to fight if I asked her to. The rummaging stopped and I saw someone coming out from behind the ship, but what I saw almost made me stumble. A woman a bit older than me emerged from behind the ship. She had inky black hair, and golden irises. She was Helrifian.

  I managed to get over my shock and stand my ground. Although, she seemed to realize that I was also Helrifian. The white hair, and purple eyes might have given that away.

  "Is this your ship?" She asks.

"Yes," I say simply.

"Then maybe you can help me," She says.

"Your name?" I hiss.

"Keka," she says, then juts her chin towards me.

  She was telling me to say my name,

"Skye," I say.

"That's not a very Helrifian name," She says and I can hear the judgement in her voice.

  I could have told her my given name was Halia, but I had a feeling I might want to keep that part unknown to her.

"I chose it, now do you want our help or not," I snarl, and sheath my sword back into my crystal.

  I had just shown her that I was also a crystal-user, which was someone you did not want to mess with.

  "I need to get off this planet, and since you have a ship, maybe you can help,"

"Why should I help, and why do you need to get off this planet?"

"I need to get off this planet, because I crashed her, and I hear things about a group of woman warriors with magic," She says.

  I sigh.

  "Fine, but as of right now we're waiting for the rest of my crew to get somewhere because we need to meet up with them," I say, then turn to Felicity.

  "How far are they?"

  Felicity looks at her forearm that had become transparent and a map showed a red blip.

  "We can leave now," She says.

  I nod, then head towards the ship. I open it, then get in with Felicity, Keka got in after Felicity. The ships door closed, and I started it. It had been two weeks since I had landed here, so it started off rough, but then it started and I headed towards the Spector.